Iron Maiden was recently announced as a 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, but the band will not attend the ceremony in November.
According to a new statement from their manager, Rod Smallwood, the reasoning is logistical.
"As the most observant have already noticed, the band will be on tour in Australia around the November date of the Induction ceremony for the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in Los Angeles,” he told Billboard in an email. "In accepting, Iron Maiden made it very clear to the R&R HoF that the fans always come first and that the shows will of course go on."
For those with tickets to those concerts, fear not.
“We would like to assure all our fans in Australasia that the Australian and New Zealand dates will remain unaffected," Smallwood continued, "and we look forward to bringing the Run For Your Lives Tour to them on the penultimate stop of our 50th anniversary celebrations."